Major League Baseball Handicapping: Tigers vs Braves

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Detroit Tigers and the Atlanta Braves will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Turner Field. Righthander Max Scherzer will take the mound for the Tigers to start this game. Scherzer is 4-6 this season with a 5.67 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be Kenshin Kawakami who starts for the Braves. Righthander Kawakami is 0-9 with a 4.78 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Brian McCann homered and the Braves got by the Tigers 3-1 in the opener on Friday, as -159 favorites. The game's four runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Kris Medlen allowed six hits and one run over 6 2-3 innings for that win, while Billy Wagner notched his 15th save with a scoreless ninth. Andy Oliver gave up five hits and two runs over six innings in the loss for the Tigers. Team records: Detroit: 39-33 SU Atlanta: 43-31 SU Detroit most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Atlanta are 6-4 After playing Atlanta are 5-4 After a loss are 7-3 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Detroit are 3-7 After playing Detroit are 5-4 After a win are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Detroit's last 10 games when playing Atlanta Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit's last 10 games Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta's last 10 games when playing Detroit Atlanta is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games Next up: Atlanta home to Detroit, Sunday, June 27 Those who bet totals always wager with Stevie Vincent as mastering over/under has been his forte for years and no sports handicapper comes close.